GRE Word List
PERT
saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured
The meaning of the word pert is saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
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| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
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| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |